Sigrid, Karin And Easterling

After Doomsday.

I admit to a bias in favour of Sigrid Holmen as soon as I begin to read about her:

"She was a tall young Swede, eyes blue and Italian-cut hair yellow..." (4, p. 35)

Sweden: Stieg Larsson; Abba - I'm sold.

Sigrid is obviously the heroine for our hero, Donnan, and the one that he will wind up with. They have a duty to the human race and they sound like the bearers of the best surviving genes - or of some of them. Donnan's supporters in the Benjamin Franklin include:

"Easterling...a big young Negro..." (3, p. 30)

Easterling has found a gun and knows how to use it - and also how not to use it, even after there have already been two killings. He is one of those who recognize Donnan's gift for leadership.

Coincidentally, I am simultaneously reading about a "Swedish maiden":

"Karin Erikkson...of the classic Nordic type, with long blonde hair..."

-Colin Dexter, The Way Through The Woods (London, 1998), Chapter Eleven, p. 57.

Uppsala and Stockholm are mentioned, reminders of Larsson.

I set out to post about Sigrid and Karin but Easterling, quite rightly, shouldered his way in.